Well, if you heard a loud squeal sometime Sunday afternoon, that was me. I hit on a design for our Fall Fortnight, and I like it so much that I'm going to make several! Oh, now I cannot wait for October!! At this point, I think the event will begin on Sunday, October 13, and …
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Autumn Jubilee Wrap Up and One More Mason Jar Idea
"I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves." - Ann Drake Wow, it has been quite a month, wouldn't you say? Lots of projects and prizes, winners from all over the US, inspired by Mason jars. I have one more idea for you today to put …
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Fall Tablescape for Autumn Jubilee
Finally we get to the Autumn Jubilee tablescape, now that we've made some of the things we'll be using. This table is anchored with our Harvest Festival quilt from the quilt along. The place settings have rust color chargers with white dinner plates topped with my favorite fall salad plates. The set is discontinued from …
Autumn Jubilee in the Sewing Room
For our last project post of Autumn Jubilee, we are going to play with Mason jars in the sewing room, and then preview a few new releases from our giveaway sponsor. Using Mason jars to separate buttons by color is a fun way to display your button collection. I put bits of Harvest Festival fabrics …
Autumn Jubilee Week 4 Winners
More winners were drawn this week! Congratulations to all these lucky readers! Backside Fabrics North Carolina based, Backside Fabrics sent lucky winner Rita H a gift certificate to their online store worth $50!! Quilter’s Dream awarded THREE twin size battings this year (Dream Green, Dream 80/20, and Dream Bamboo) to Kathryn L. Find Quilter’s Dream …
Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along Finale
I hope you are enjoying the Mason Jar inspired quilt along, with fabrics from Benartex's Harvest Festival line. Today we are going to talk about the finishing, with some ideas for labeling. When we left off, the quilting was done and it was ready for binding. I thought the plaid in the brown and rust …
Autumn Jubilee Wreath
Fall wreaths adorn the wall outside our front door, and also in the garage at the door coming into the house. I like that bit of Autumn color welcoming me home, and greeting guests no matter which door we use. Because our garage was added to the home sometime after it was built, there is …
Autumn Jubilee Wool Stitch Along Finish
Time to finish our wool stitch along project. I hope you had time to get your bases done with the apple appliques and buttons. Today we finish it off with a bit of embroidery and some seed beads. When we left off, we were here. Get out your floss and beads, finding some green to …
Autumn Jubilee Stamping Fun
Stamping is such fun, and a nice creative break from sewing. I like both endeavors, and mixing it up keeps my creativity flowing. Fall is the best time for stamping, making cards and Halloween treats, working with gorgeous papers and fun images. I like using ribbons on paper for an extra bit of texture. I'll …
Autumn Jubilee News and Week 3 Winners
Another fun week of projects and ideas means more winners of the wonderful prizes from the Autumn Jubilee sponsors! I use the online random number generator Random.org to get a number for the winner based on the total number of comments. I count from the first comment forward in the order posted, skipping those who …